Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
ing when working on a particular layer. Hiding the Background layer can help you focus on
the layer you're interested in. To turn off a layer's visibility, head over to the Layers panel
and click the eye icon to the layer's left; the red slash through the icon tells you that a layer is
hidden. To make the layer visible again, just click the eye icon again.
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If you have a bunch of hidden layers and decide you don't want them anymore, click the
Layers panel's upper-right button (the little four-line square) and choose Delete Hidden
Layers to get rid of all of them at once.
Adjusting Layer Opacity
Your choices for layer visibility aren't limited to on and off. You can create immensely cool
effects by adjusting the
opacity
of your layers. In other words, you can make a layer partially
transparent so that what's underneath it shows through.
To adjust a layer's opacity, click the layer in the Layers panel, and then click the Layers pan-
el's Opacity box and type the percentage you want. Alternatively, click the triangle to the
right of the Opacity box and then drag the pop-out slider, or put your cursor on the word
“Opacity” and
scrub
(drag) left for less opacity or right for more. (
Figure 6-9
explains the ad-
vantage of scrubbing.) If you'd like to experiment with creating Fill and Adjustment layers
(
Adjustment and Fill Layers
)
and changing their modes and opacity, download
daisies.jpg
from this topic's Missing CD page at
www.missingmanuals.com/cds
.
